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Thing Quotes (page 797)

...I saw the infernal Thing blocking my path in the twilight. The dead travel fast, and by short cuts unknown to ordinary coolies. I laughed aloud a second time, and checked my laughter suddenly, for I was afraid I was going mad. Rudyard Kipling
No book has yet been written in praise of a woman who let her husband and children starve or suffer while she invented even the most useful things, or wrote books, or expressed herself in art, or evolved philosophic systems Anna Garlin Spencer
When I start a new seminar I tell my students that I will undoubtedly contradict myself, and that I will mean both things. But an acceptance of contradiction is no excuse for fuzzy thinking. We do have to use our minds as far as they will take us, yet acknowledge that they cannot take use all the way. Madeleine L'Engle
Rumi quote: "Beyond the rightness or wrongness of things there is a field,..."
Beyond the rightness or wrongness of things there is a field, I'll meet you there Rumi
Immanuel Kant quote: "Two things inspire me to awe: the starry heavens above and the..."
Two things inspire me to awe: the starry heavens above and the moral universe within. Immanuel Kant
You learned people and artists have, no doubt, all sorts of superior things in your heads; but you're human beings like the rest of us, and we, too, have our dreams and fancies. Herman Hesse
Neil Gaiman quote: "Death's a capricious thing, innit?"Yes. Yes, she is."
Death's a capricious thing, innit?"Yes. Yes, she is. Neil Gaiman
The terror of society, which is the basis of morals, the terror of God, which is the secret of religion-these are the two things that govern us. Oscar Wilde
Which is why I am writing this book. To think. To understand. It just happens to be the way I'm made. I have to write things down to feel I fully comprehend them. Haruki Murakami
A tyrannous and gluttonous demand for affection can be a horrible thing. But in ordinary life no one calls a child selfish because it turns for comfort to its mother; nor an adult who turns to his fellow "for company." Those, whether children or adults, who do so least are not usually the most selfless. C. S. Lewis
The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but thesimplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man ifhe is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow ofdoubt, what is laid before him. Leo Tolstoy
George Carlin quote: "You know what I do? I steal things. Fuck 'em! I grab a handful..."
You know what I do? I steal things. Fuck 'em! I grab a handful of candy bars and six magazines and head for the gate. George Carlin
Don't confuse me with those who cling to hope. I enjoy describing how things are, I have no interest in how they 'ought to be.' And I certainly have no interest in fixing them. I sincerely believe that if you think there's a solution, you're part of the problem. My motto: Fuck Hope! George Carlin
Italo Svevo quote: "You see things less clearly when you open your eyes too wide."
You see things less clearly when you open your eyes too wide. Italo Svevo
Jodi Picoult quote: "It is a remarkable question- Do all the wonderful things..."
It is a remarkable question- Do all the wonderful things happen when we are not aware of them? Jodi Picoult

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